diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/dodestiny b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/dodestiny
index 89b039cd2..15e1094a5 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/dodestiny
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/dodestiny
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ for parm in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do
     XCATDEST=`echo $parm|awk -F= '{print $2}'`
   fi
 done
-export XCATMASTER=`echo $XCATDEST | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
-export XCATPORT=`echo $XCATDEST | awk -F: '{print $2}'`
-
+export XCATPORT=3001
+if [ ! -z "$XCATDEST" ]; then 
+   export XCATMASTER=`echo $XCATDEST | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
+   export XCATPORT=`echo $XCATDEST | awk -F: '{print $2}'`
+fi
 
 while :; do
   DESTINY=`grep destiny /tmp/destiny | awk -F'>' '{print $2}'|awk -F'<' '{print $1}'`
@@ -17,11 +19,13 @@ while :; do
   DESTINY=`echo $DESTINY|awk '{print $1}'` #No bash, no tricks
   if [ "$DESTINY" == "standby" ]; then
     echo "Server notified us of standby condition, please check chain table".
-    echo "Retrying destiny in 15 seconds"
-    usleep 15000000 # something may be transiently wrong, check back in 15 seconds
+    let STSLEEP=15+$RANDOM%15
+    echo "Retrying destiny in $STSLEEP seconds"
+    sleep $STSLEEP # something may be transiently wrong, check back in 15 seconds
     while ! getdestiny; do
         echo "Retrying destiny retrieval"
-        usleep 300000
+        let RTSLEEP=$RANDOM%5
+        sleep $RTSLEEP
     done
     exec /bin/dodestiny
   fi
@@ -32,12 +36,25 @@ while :; do
   if [ "$DESTINY" == "discover" ]; then
     echo "MAC discovery begins"
     minixcatd.awk &
-    usleep 500000 #Mitigate occurrances of 'failed to notify node'
+    sleep 1 #Mitigate occurrances of 'failed to notify node'
     while [ ! -r /restart ]; do
+      let myr=$RANDOM%10
+      sleep $myr #Stagger discovery requests from many nodes
       ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1 "|" $5}'
       sleep 1
       MTM="unknown"
       SERIAL="unknown"
+      ARCH="unknown"
+      if uname -m | grep i686 > /dev/null || uname -m | grep x86_64 > /dev/null; then
+         if grep ^flags /proc/cpuinfo |head -n 1|grep " lm " > /dev/null; then
+            ARCH=x86_64
+         else
+            ARCH=x86
+         fi
+      else
+         ARCH=`uname -m`
+      fi
+
       if [ -x /bin/vpddecode ]; then
         MTM=`(/bin/vpddecode|grep Type || echo "unknown unknown: unknown")|awk '{print $3}'`
         SERIAL=`(/bin/vpddecode|grep "Box Serial" || echo "unknown unknown unknown: unknown")|awk '{print $4}'`
@@ -52,7 +69,7 @@ while :; do
       (
       echo "<xcatrequest>"
       echo "<command>findme</command>"
-      echo "<arch>"`uname -m`"</arch>"
+      echo "<arch>$ARCH</arch>"
       for i in `ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1 "|" $5}'`; do 
         IFACE=`echo $i|awk -F'|' '{print $1}'`
         DRIVER=`ethtool -i $IFACE|grep ^driver|awk '{print $2}'`
@@ -72,30 +89,37 @@ while :; do
         echo "<serial>$SERIAL</serial>"
       fi
       echo "</xcatrequest>" ) > /tmp/discout
-      ping -c 1 $XCATMASTER
-      cat /tmp/discout | udpcat.awk $XCATMASTER $XCATPORT & #can't figure out how to make a hung gawk behave..
-      if usleep 8000000 #Give the preferred method 5 seconds to complete before resorting
-      then
-        #if usleep succeeded, that means it wasn't killed and therefore, no answer yet
-        killall udpcat.awk #reap hung ones
-        for nic in `ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1}'`; do #also, bring down interfaces to make sure that we send from the 'right' nic
-         for dnic in `ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1}'|grep -v $nic`; do
-            ifconfig $dnic down
-         done
+      if [ ! -z "$XCATMASTER" ]; then
          ping -c 1 $XCATMASTER
          cat /tmp/discout | udpcat.awk $XCATMASTER $XCATPORT & #can't figure out how to make a hung gawk behave..
+      fi
+      if [ -z "$XCATMASTER" ] || sleep 8 > /dev/null 2>&1 #Give the preferred method 8 seconds to complete before resorting
+      then
+        #if sleep succeeded, that means it wasn't killed and therefore, no answer yet
+        killall udpcat.awk > /dev/null 2>&1 #reap hung ones
+        for nic in `ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1}'`; do #also, bring down interfaces to make sure that we send from the 'right' nic
+         MYB=`ifconfig $nic|grep "Bcast"|awk '{print $3}'|awk -F: '{print $2}'`
+         for dnic in `ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1}'|grep -v $nic`; do
+            OTB=`ifconfig $dnic|grep "Bcast"|awk '{print $3}'|awk -F: '{print $2}'`
+            if [ "$OTB" == "$MYB" ]; then # if broadcasts match, down the other nic
+               ifconfig $dnic down
+            fi
+         done
+         if [ ! -z "$XCATMASTER" ]; then
+            (ping -c 1 $XCATMASTER
+            cat /tmp/discout | udpcat.awk $XCATMASTER $XCATPORT ) & #can't figure out how to make a hung gawk behave..
+         fi
          for dhcps in `cat /tmp/dhcpserver`; do 
-            ping -c 1 $dhcps
-            cat /tmp/discout | udpcat.awk $dhcps $XCATPORT &
+            ( ping -c 1 $dhcps
+            cat /tmp/discout | udpcat.awk $dhcps $XCATPORT )&
          done
          for dnic in `ifconfig -a|grep HWaddr|grep -v sit|awk '{print $1}'|grep -v $nic`; do
             ifconfig $dnic up
          done
+         if ! sleep 5 > /dev/null 2>&1; then break; fi # give management server a chance to get to minixcatd.awk
         done
-         
-        usleep 8000000
       fi
-      killall udpcat.awk #reap hung ones
+      killall udpcat.awk > /dev/null 2>&1 #reap hung ones
     done
     #Discovery complete, restart requested.
     exec /bin/restart
@@ -151,7 +175,7 @@ while :; do
     ./runme.sh
     cd -
   fi
-  usleep 5000000 # something may be transiently wrong, check back in 5 seconds
+  sleep 5 # something may be transiently wrong, check back in 5 seconds
   getdestiny
   if grep error /tmp/destiny; then
       echo ERROR: see above
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getdestiny b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getdestiny
index 2424160e3..11dea4b40 100644
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getdestiny
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getdestiny
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-if ! getdestiny.awk 301; then
-    getdestiny.awk 300;
+if ! getdestiny.awk 301 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    let i=400
+    for srv in `cat /tmp/dhcpserver`; do
+        if getdestiny.awk  $i > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+           exit
+         fi
+         let i=i+1
+    done
 fi
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getipmi b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getipmi
index f553a23bd..deb1bf53e 100644
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getipmi
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/getipmi
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-if ! getipmi.awk 301; then
-    getipmi.awk 300;
+if ! getipmi.awk 301 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    let i=400
+    for srv in `cat /tmp/dhcpserver`; do
+        if getipmi.awk  $i > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+           exit
+         fi
+         let i=i+1
+    done
 fi
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/minixcatd.awk b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/minixcatd.awk
index 51089adc3..4e0bc9ba4 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/minixcatd.awk
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/minixcatd.awk
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ BEGIN {
 	listener = "/inet/tcp/" port "/0/0"
     quit = "no"
 	while (match(quit,"no")) {
-      print quit;
 		while (match(quit,"no") && (listener |& getline) > 0) {
 			if (match($0,"restart")) {
 				print "restarting bootstrap process" |& listener
                 quit="yes"
 				system("touch /restart")
-				system("killall usleep")
+				system("killall sleep")
 		        close(listener)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny
index 399b7b4c1..9f3e27a1e 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-if ! nextdestiny.awk 301; then
-    nextdestiny.awk 300;
+if ! nextdestiny.awk 301 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    let i=400
+    for srv in `cat /tmp/dhcpserver`; do
+        if nextdestiny.awk  $i > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+           exit
+         fi
+         let i=i+1
+    done
 fi
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny.awk b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny.awk
index 992748eb9..0f18eac4d 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny.awk
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/nextdestiny.awk
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 # IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 BEGIN {
-  ns = "/inet/tcp/0/127.0.0.1/301"
+  localport = ARGV[1]
+  ns = "/inet/tcp/0/127.0.0.1/" localport
 
   print "<xcatrequest>" |& ns
   print "<command>nextdestiny</command>" |& ns
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/restart b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/restart
index 6cc6bb621..55a498968 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/restart
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/restart
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 #Redhcp, do the xcat part again
 rm /restart
+echo -n > /tmp/dhcpserver
 killall -12 udhcpc;killall -10 udhcpc
-sleep 5
+echo -n "Wating 10 seconds for DHCP changes to take effect "
+for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+   sleep 1
+   echo -n .
+done
+echo "Done waiting"
 /etc/init.d/S11stunnel #redo stunnel config
 exec /etc/init.d/S99xcat.sh
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/init.d/S11stunnel b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/init.d/S11stunnel
index d49a8c2f5..9103c651a 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/init.d/S11stunnel
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/init.d/S11stunnel
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 #Stunnel init for xcat:
 XCATDEST=""
-killall stunnel
+XCATPORT=3001
+killall stunnel > /dev/null 2>&1
 for parm in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do
 	key=`echo $parm|awk -F= '{print $1}'`
 	if [ "$key" == "xcatd" ]; then
@@ -13,14 +14,23 @@ done
 mkdir -p /etc/stunnel
 echo 'client=yes' > /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
 echo 'foreground=yes' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+echo 'output=/dev/null' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+#echo 'socket=a:SO_BINDTODEVICE=lo' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
 echo 'verify=0' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
-echo '[xcatds]' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
-echo 'accept=301' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
-echo 'connect='$XCATDEST >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+if [ ! -z "$XCATDEST" ]; then 
+   echo '[xcatds]' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+   echo 'accept=301' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+   echo 'connect='$XCATDEST >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+fi
 if [ -r /tmp/dhcpserver ]; then 
-    echo '[dhcps]' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
-    echo 'accept=300' >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
-    echo 'connect='`cat /tmp/dhcpserver`':'$XCATPORT >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+   let i=400;
+   for srv in `cat /tmp/dhcpserver`; do
+    echo "[xcatd$i]" >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+    echo "accept=$i" >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+    echo "connect="$srv":"$XCATPORT >> /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
+    let i=i+1
+   done
 fi
 mkdir -p /usr/var/run/stunnel
 stunnel &
+sleep 2
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
index a5cf8a866..892342782 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ bound|renew)
     echo $siaddr >> /tmp/dhcpserver
 	/sbin/ifconfig $interface $ip netmask $subnet
         if [ -n "$router" ] ; then
-             echo "deleting routers"
-             while route del default gw 0.0.0.0 dev $interface ; do
+             while route del default gw 0.0.0.0 dev $interface > /dev/null 2>&1; do
                 :
                done
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ bound|renew)
         echo -n > /etc/resolv.conf
         [ -n "$domain" ] && echo search $domain >> /etc/resolv.conf
         for i in $dns ; do
-          echo adding dns $i
           echo nameserver $i >> /etc/resolv.conf
         done
 	;;